William Turrell

Web developer

Hello. I have been a web developer since 1997 and have 14 years of PHP experience. I work freelance.
If you are an individual, small business or agency needing some bespoke work then I may well be able to help you.

Specialisms:

I primarily work with the Drupal content management framework. (I'm an Acquia Certified Drupal 8 Site Builder).

Laravel (5.1—5.8) – my preferred PHP framework for bespoke apps.

WordPress

Linux web servers:

installation and configuration, performance tuning, security, monitoring. Debian and Ubuntu specialist. I can advise on data centre choice and manage servers for a number of clients.

I care about:

fast, well-configured servers, pages that load quickly, easy to use, simple to update websites that work equally well on mobile and desktop, web standards
and learning new skills, documenting code thoroughly for the benefit of whoever maintains it in future.

Pricing:

Where duration based, hourly rate £55 (for new customers) (equivalent daily £300-400, but I only charge for actual time spent). Estimates/quotes available for more structured projects. Payment terms 7 days or by arrangement. Feel free to ask about small jobs.

Hosting:

Hosting is complex and having a high quality server and full control of it significantly speeds up development (and supports best practices such as version control). I usually arrange hosting for all sites, meaning I can precisely tune the performance of the site and add proper security, backups and automated monitoring, all of which I can implement more quickly working from a proven setup. This means you have me as a single point of contact for faults so you do not need to deal with separate hosting companies or data centres. I can also build the server from scratch using automation, which makes changing hosting at a later date much less daunting.

Code handovers/copyright etc:

I don't require/request a credit for sites I build. Along with documentation you can have the full source code (typically in the form of a 'Git' repository), so if you can hand the site and it's history to another developer.

Please get in touch if you need a quote or just
some advice – I'll reply as soon as I can.